Welcome to Library Networking Group
The challenges raised by ever-changing ideas, fresh perspectives and marketplace developments are being met by us every day. The continuing need to develop techniques and skills that keep us abreast of change are leading us to new solutions that we need to talk about. The pressure to share our best practices and, more importantly, our developing thoughts have led to the creation of Library Networking Group on-line community.
The Group Web site provides a stimulating and fun variety of ways to share.
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Articles about timely and compelling issues | |
Networking Groups on topics you choose and groups you can run |
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Archives designed to capture best practices and procedures |
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Events to capture the colour & flavour of local programs that demonstrate your library's initiatives |
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Forums to share ideas that affect all types of libraries | |
Books that pull together the ideas of you and your colleagues into projects and documents |
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Blogs to explore thoughts and ideas that are on your mind | |
Webcasts that show how you promote your brand, your services, your programs |
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PODcasts that capture the current thinking of prominent library leaders | |
Tried & Tested programs and book titles that match your needs and your audiences |
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Feature Article
10 Qualities To Look For in a New Library Trustee
Next year in Ontario, newly elected municipal councils will be appointing their library board members. Given that the appointments are for four years (2011 through 2014), it is particularly important that the best possible people are selected. Too often, library trustees are chosen for reasons that don’t adequately address the needs of the position. The rationale may include being a frequent library visitor, a published author, a bibliophile, a municipal or business leader, or a former librarian. While these factors may enhance a person’s candidacy for being on the board, they don’t sufficiently address some fundamental trustee attributes that a library and municipal council should be seeking. » login or register to post comments | read more | 44 reads | 1 attachmentThe Mental Geography of EbooksSubmitted by Administrator on Wed, 2010-03-03 23:45.By : Tony Horava So much has been written about ebooks: it’s hard to keep track! For a change let’s look at ebooks from a very different light – not the budgeting and licensing challenges, not the access problems, not the integration issues that we all face in our daily lives. Let’s take a more conceptual and cultural approach. How are ebooks viewed by scholars and other professionals who are facing a sea change in research and scholarship? |
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